Education
Despite impressive progress during the past 30 years, cancer remains one of the most complex and challenging problems of biomedical research. Cancer research is a key area of research at UNMC and there are options for researchers at every stage of their career.
Undergraduate Programs
Summer Undergraduate Research Program
This program offers hands-on biomedical research in a wide variety of cancer research labs. All summer research students are provided with a graduate student mentor, a faculty mentor and a staff mentor to support them.
How to ApplyPaid Undergraduate Internship Opportunity
High school and undergraduate college students with Native American ancestry are eligible to participate in cancer research at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center through summer projects and part-time projects during the school year. Funded by NCI grant number R25CA22171777-06A1, this program might provide support for summer housing, food and travel.
Email Misty Pocwierz-Gaines for information.MS in Cancer Research
Study cancer research with an innovative Cancer Research MS from UNMC. Advancement in the detection and treatment of cancer continues to accelerate through ground-breaking research, yet cancer remains one of the most complex and challenging problems of biomedical research. As a cancer researcher, you'll work to better understand the causes of cancer, improve the methods for diagnosis and improve treatment and prevention methods. The answers you find may save a life you know — or your own.
PhD in Cancer Research
Search for solutions to one of medicine's greatest challenges with an innovative Cancer Research PhD from UNMC. The Cancer Research Doctoral Program is one of the seven programs within the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences and includes approximately 100 faculty from the Eppley Institute and other basic and clinical departments within UNMC.
Faculty by Research Area
Find a faculty member conducting research in the area you study.
